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Friday, December 21, 2012

Soups are always considered to be
healthy dish which should be included in our daily diet. Tangy Carrot Soup is a
delicious appetizer that is simply easy-to-prepare and comforting winter treat.
Carrots simmered in orange juice and then blended with other flavorings make
this soup to be more nutritious, healthy as well as tasty. It’s Sweet and tangy
taste makes it more delicious. Once you have this Tangy Carrot Soup, I am sure
you will always crave for it.

Recipe Source : Neeta Mehta

Ingredients:

Chopped carrot-2

Chopped Potato -2

Onon-1

Peppercorns-6

Ginger -1/2 inch, chopped

vegetable stock-2 cups

Fresh orange juice-1/4 cup

Salt as per taste

Freshly ground black pepper-1/4 tsp

Method:

1. Peel and cut the
carrots, potatoes and onions

2.Lightly fry the
onion on low heat with peppercorns and ginger.

3. Now add the carrot and potato. Stir for a minute on low
flame. Add some water and vegetable stockto it and boil.

4.Simmer for 7-8 minutes on low heat and then remove from fire.

5. Cool down to room temperature and grind in a blender to a
smooth paste. Strain the vegetable puree.

6. keep on a low heat before serving Add orange juice, salt and pepper to the soup and serve
hot.

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Vegetable jaipuriis
a rich dish from the Rajasthani cuisine.I learnt this version from one of my friend .When I went to her house
last time, she had prepared this dish for me and I just loved it. Vegetable
jaipuri always consist of variety of vegetables mixed with some kind of
masalas. It’s a very tasty and delicious sabzi which goes perfect with paratha,
phulka or rice!

Ingredient for boil:

Cabbage-1cup

Green peas-1cup

Chopped potatoes-1cup

Chopped carrot-1cup

Chopped French beans- ½ cup

Boiled all together for 3 minutes into cooker.

Ingredients for the paste:

grated coconut/cashew ( I used cashew instead of coconut)-
2-tbsp

chopped onion-1cup

chopped tomato-1cup

ginger- long piece

garlic 5-6 pieces

Mix and grind into paste.

Ingredients for dry Masala:

cinnamons-3

cloves-3

black pepper corns- 4 to5

coriander seeds-1-tbsp

cumin seeds-1-tbsp

Mix and grind into dry powder.

Ingredients for curry:

Chopped Onion- 1

Chopped tomato-1

chilly powder-1tsp

turmeric powder ½ tsp

grated beetroot for colour-1-tbsp

oil-2-tbsp

Sugar-1/2 tsp

Salt to taste

Coriander leaves for garnish.

Method:

1. Boil vegetables and keep aside.

2. Grind all the ingredients listed above into a grinder and
make a paste. Add some water if required.

3. Heat the oil in tava and add the ground paste in it.

4. Then add the dry masala powder and stir till oil
separates from the paste.

5. Add all the vegetables in a sequence. First add onion
and stir well .

6. They start to cook thenadd tomato and green peas Lid the pan for about 5 minutes. and cover
again for 5 minutes.If you want red color then
add chopped beetroot in it.

7. At last add boil vegetables and stir well till the paste gets applied evenly to all the vegetables.